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You've Seen the Movie, Now Read the Book: 2005 - 2009, Non-Fiction

Want to know what your favorite movie was based on? Here is an updated list of feature films from 2005 - 2009 and the books upon which they were based. Also see fiction books made into movies, and children's & young adults' books made into movies, movies from 1986-1996 and from 1997-2004.

Find additional titles in Enser’s Filmed Books and Plays: A List of Books and Plays from Which Films Have Been Made, 1928-2001, *791.436016 B292e 2003 or see the Mid-Continent Public Library's Based on the Book page.

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21, 2008
Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich

Amelia, 2009
East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart by Susan Butler

American Gangster, 2007
American Gangster: And Other Tales of New York by Mark Jacobson

The Amityville Horror, 2005
The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

Beowolf, 2007
Beowulf: A Dual-language Edition

Black Mass, 2009
Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill

The Blind Side, 2009
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis

Capote, 2005
Capote: A Biography by Gerald Clarke

Charlie Wilson's War, 2007
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile

Defiance, 2008
Defiance: The Bielski Partisans by Nechama Tec

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [Le Scaphandre et le papillon], 2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby

The Duchess, 2008
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman

The Express, 2008
The Express: The Ernie Davis Story by Robert C. Gallagher

Fast Food Nation, 2006
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser

Fever Pitch, 2005
Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

Flags of Our Fathers, 2006
Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley with Ron Powers

Freedom Writers, 2007
The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane, 2006
Diane Arbus: A Biography by Patricia Bosworth

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Gomorra, 2008
Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano

The Great Raid, 2005
The Great Raid on Cabanatuan: Rescuing the Doomed Ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor by William B. Breuer

The Greatest Game Ever Played, 2005
The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf by Mark Frost

He’s Just Not That Into You, 2009
He’s Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, 2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People by Toby Young

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, 2009
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Max Tucker

In My Country, 2004
Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa by Antjie Krog

The Informant, 2009
The Informant: A True Story by Kurt Eichenwald

Into the Wild, 2007
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Invictus, 2009
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation by John Carlin

Jarhead, 2005
Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford

Julie & Julia, 2009
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living by Julie Powell

Marie Antoinette, 2006
Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser

Marley & Me, 2008
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan

The Men Who Stare at Goats, 2009
The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson

A Mighty Heart, 2007
A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl by Mariane Pearl with Sarah Crichton

Munich, 2006
Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team by George Jonas

North Country, 2005
Class Action: The Story of Lois Jensen and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law by Clara Bingham

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O Jerusalem, 2006
O Jerusalem by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre

Peaceful Warrior, 2006
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives by Dan Millman

Persepolis, 2007
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio, 2005
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less by Terry Ryan

Public Enemies, 2009
Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 by Bryan Burrough

The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006
The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner

Running with Scissors, 2006
Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs

Savage Grace, 2007
Savage Grace: The True Story of Fatal Relations in a Rich and Famous American Family by Natalie Robins

The Soloist, 2009
The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez

Taking Woodstock, 2009
Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life by Elliot Tiber

What Just Happened?, 2008
What Just Happened: Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line by Art Linson

Yes Man, 2008
Yes Man by Danny Wallace

Zodiac, 2007
Zodiac by Robert Graysmith

 

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